1. My 100 pace in a drag suit is not the same as my 100 pace in a tech suit. So I will err on the side of giving myself 1/3 second or so leeway.

2. To do USRPT, I can't replicate my 100 kicking patterns exactly. It's one thing to take 12 kicks off a wall if you're only doing 4 25s in a race. It's another thing to do a whole bunch of 25s this way. Still, next time I try backstroke, I really would like to try to do 12 kicks. This will result in me missing sooner than I should, but so what.